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8 Tips For Crochet Beginners

Dear Friend, Thanks for visiting and finding my article. What follows is information that I have pulled together from many different sources. The secrets, tips, and techniques you read here are from my book “Crocheting Made Simple”. I hope you find it both interesting and helpful. Many imagine that knitted and crochet items survived in the youthful period of imperialism.…

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Tips On Learning How To Crochet

So, you’ve always wanted to learn how to crochet, but you just aren’t sure how to go about it? Besides, all of your family members are knitters and say they couldn’t figure out how to crochet. Does that mean that it is too hard to learn to crochet? Actually, many people who knit aren’t able to crochet easily, but if…

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Collecting Cross Stitch Magazines

Some people have a passion for cross stitch and devote their attentions to their handicraft and create marvelous items for family and friends. Some of these people, typically women, have been collecting cross stitch magazines for years because they love the patterns that are included in each magazine issue. Some of the patterns that people find by collecting cross stitch…

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Grandmother S Craft Tips

To get started we can begin with crochet abbreviations to help you relate to the process. Crochet experts use the terms beg (Beginning) bet (Between), bk lp (Back loop) ch (chain), ch-(previous chain), cont (Continue), dc (double crochet), dec (decreasing), dtr (double/triple crochet), ft lp (Front loop), hdc (half-double crochet), inc (Increasing), lp (loops), and so on. Those who crochet…

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